Wrapping-machine.



PATENTED MAY 21 J. H. BRADY.

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WITNESSES JAMES HENRY BRADY, or

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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO DAVID A. KELLER, OFLOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WRAPPING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed July 12, 1906. Serial No. 325.758.

To all 1071 0112 it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES HENRY BRADY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of J eflerson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Wrapping-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates primarily to machines for wrapping articles,such, for in' stance, as cakes of chewing gum, in wrappers severed, 1nthe machlne, from a continuous web supplied to the machine in the formof a roll.

It comprises improvements upon the machinedisclosed in my applicationSerial No. 253,517, filed April 3, 1905.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2, aleft-hand side'elevation with the rear side bar of the carriage removed;Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectionshowing the right-hand portion of themachine; Fig. 4, a detail side elevation of the rear end, the

paper rolls, and the slack-apparatus Fig. 5,

an end elevation of the slack-apparatus Fig.

6, a detail longitudinal section of a portion of the hopper, theelectric contact apparatus andadjacent parts; Fig. 7, a longitudinalsection of that portion of the machine which comprises the web severingmechanism and adjacent parts; Fig. 8, a bottom plan view of the electriccontact apparatus; Fig. 9, a transverse section taken just in front ofthe web severing knife; Fi 10, a detail view of the. safety mechanicalife-tripping device; Fig. 11, a detail plan view of the web severingmechanism Fig. 12, a detail longitudinal.

section of the trap-door, the depressor mechanism and adjacent parts;Fig. .13, a bottom plan view of'the rear end of the depressorarm; Fig.14, a plan view of one of the side folding-shoes and its arm; Fig. 15, adetail transverse section'showing the front end of the receptacle inwhich the wrap ed cakes are packed; Fig. 16, a planvi'ew o the trapdoorand related parts; Fig. 17, a detail sectional View, looking from therear, showing the wrapper scoring-wheels, the. folding guides, and adjacent arts; Fig. 18, a detail bottom plan view s owing the packagepushermechanism and the packa e chute; Fig. 19, a detail transverse sectionllustrating the depressor-cam and package-pusher; Fig. 20, a detail sideview of the subject of ig. 19; Fig. 21, (Sheet 5') a bottom plan viewthe cam-plate of the safety mechanical tripper of the web severingknife; Fig. 22, a perspective view illustratingthe first fold of thewrapper; Fig. 23, a perspective view illustrating the first and secondfolds of the wrapper; Fig. 24, a perspective view illustrating thereverse side ofthe completely wrapped cake; Fig. 25, a perspective viewof a package ofv wrapped cakes; and Fig. 26, a detail side view of themechanism for operating the trap-door. a

For the purpose of the following descripdriving shaft is regarded as thefront.

The machine comprises a bed-plate 1, a base-plate 2, a reciprocatingcarriage 3, folding-shoes 18 and 19, carried by the reciproeatingcarriage, and the slack mechanism in 5 tion, the end of the machinecarrying the a therear of the machine for controlling the wrapper webs.

The ho per 5 toward the rear of the ma chine is f red upon base-plate 2,in such a manner that the front and rear walls do not quite reach thebase-plate, but leave a space slightlygreater than the thickness of acake of the material to be wrapped.

A cake-ejecting bar 15, is secured to the rear cross-bar 14, of carriage3, in such a manner that it passes under the hopper on the forwardstroke of the carriage and pushes out the bottom cake.

The particular machine illustrated in the drawings is designed forwrapping cakes of chewing gum in a waxed paper wrapper and a coveringlabel-wrapper. These wrappers are fed into the machine from rolls 6 and7 in the form of webs 8 and 9, web 9 being the waxed paper and web 8being the label-paper.

Since the webs are drawn into the machine by a reciprocating shoe 18,attached to carriage 3, the draft upon the webs is intermittent andsomewhat abrupt and they would be liable to be torn because of-theinertia of .the rolls. It is therefore desirableto provide mechanism forsetting the rolls gradually into motion. .This is attained by thetension or slack-apparatus (illustrated in Figs. 2, 4 and 5) comprisingslotted uprights '39, and a slotted plate 41 provided with rollersadapted to travel in the slots of the uprights, and having lateralextensions provided with eyes to receive tension springs 42. Plate 41 ispreferably made of; sheet aluminium, on account of its lightness, andthe portion removed from the, slot intended to accommodate the:

webs left unsevered at the u per edge and curved so as to form a smootrounded surface under which the webs may slide.

From the slack-apparatus, the webs pass. through detent devices (Fig. 4)comprising a plate 44 over which the webs pass, and a p1voted check 51.The latter is a rectangular a frame pivoted above the Webs, incliningforward and having a spring to draw the free end yieldingly down uponthe surface of the upper web, so that the webs cannot be drawn backward,but may easily travel forward. This prevents the slack-apparatus fromdrawing the webs back out of the machine.

From paper-checkfil the webs pass throu h electric co tact apparatussecured to t e bottom of baselate 2 (Fig. 6) and comprising a horizontalpartition.plate 45, between the top of which and under face of the baseplate web 9 travels. Under plate .are secured the binding post 46,contact-spring 61, which carries contact-point 59, both insulated fromthe machine; and a contact-fnember electrically in contact with the machine. Members 60 and 61 may, respectively, be adjusted by screws 62,62. Label- Web 8 is provided with perforations 64,.mid-

way between the printed labels (Fig. 8).

When the webs 8 ahd 9 are fed forward and a perforation comes oppositethe, point on the end of spring 61, the point springs up through theperforation into a perforation in partition plate 45, and contact-point59 rises mto contact with member .60,\completing an electric circuitwhich effects-operation of the web severing knife, hereinafterdescribed.

From the electric contact apparatus, the webs pass through a slot (Figs.3 and 6) in base-plate 2, to the upper surface of the plate, and thenforward as far as shears slot66. f.

When bar 15 ejects a cake from ho per 5, it is deposited upon the webs 8and 9 .ig. 6 When this occurs a pairaof springactuated dogs 55, pivotedin front'of the hopper, drop behind the rear edge of the cake an prevent-its moving-backward; and a'pair. of spring gers '56, pivoted above dogs55,-

actuated. press down upon the cake so that it rests firmly uponthe'webs. Under the ends of webs 8 and 9 in front of the cake, is aspring actuated web elevating finger 57, pivoted in a slot in base-plate2, and acting to throw up the free ends of the web (Fig. 6). V a

A suitable distance in front of the forward edge of the cake-lying uponthe webs is a transverse shear-slot 66, formed in the baseplate 2. Overthe shear-slot. is arranged a web severing knife 67, the operation ofwhich is hereinafter described.

A folding shoe 18, is attached to-a spring 9 arm 16 secured to thefront'cross-piece 13 of the reciprocating carriage 3. In front of shoe18, is a folding shoe 19 attached to a 65, shorter sp'ring arm 17, alsosecured to front cross-piece 13 underneath arm 16 On the backward strokeof the carriage, shoe 18 (Figs. 6 and 7) strikes the upturned endsofupon and holds firmly the cient distance to leave enou h of the webibe:

hind it to form the second old or rear fold, knife 67 operates and thewebs are severed, traverse thereof immediately ceasing. The cake is,however, carried forward over a trapdoor 40, located in an opening inthe base-' plate and hinged at its rear end. .As the cake passes overthe trap-door 40, the latter is depressed bya cam-piece attached -tocarriage 3, and is released and riseswhenthe rear edge of the cake haspassed its front. I

1 edge. In this way the front edge'of the door forms an abutment for thecake and prevents .stroke ofi'shoe 18. Springactuated presserrollers 24and 25,- are so arranged that thecake is pushed under them by shoe 18,and they hold the first fold of the wrappers down upon the cake aftershoe has movedback. Shoe 19, movingbackward (Figs. 6, 7 and 12) withshoe 18, rides over the cake deposited in front of the trap-door untilthe front edge of its folding or Presser-foot 69 has passed beyond thesevered ends of thewrappers, which have been turned up by the front edgeof trap-doorAO. To prevent them remaining flat upon the trap-door onaccount of the rubbing effect of shoe 19 asit passes over them, there isprovideda spring-actu- -ated finger 43, normally protruding-through thetrap-door and acting to elevate the ends of the wrappers. On the nextforward stroke of the carriage when shoe 18 brings forward another cake,the end of Presser-foot 69 of the cake moving backward on the backwardthe wrappers, carries them over the top of the-cake (Fig. 12) laps themever the first folded ends now-held down by Presser-rollers 24 and 25and the heel of shoe-19 depresses finger 43, engages the rear ed e ofthe cake," carrying it and the wrapper orward under right-hand andleft-hand scoring d1sks,2 2 and Izo ,overthe side edges of the cake andscored.

23, by which the paper isdrawnd'own closely While the scoringjs beingdone, the side the sides vertically, is drawn beyond the lat-1 eralfolding-guides 26 and 27 and between side folders 20, 21, where it is,left, the carriage now moving backwardly again. The

edges of the wrapper are turned upward by lateral folding-shoes 29 and21, are secured to 3 This causes the shoes to slide over the top of thecake, so as to press the side folds of the wrapper firmly down upon thecake. Shoes 20 and 21 (Fig. 14) are provided, along their adjacentedges, with perforations 47: The cam-pieces 73 and 7 4are so arrangedthat the I one. shoe moves over the cake a little in advance of theother so that one fold is caused to' lap .over. the other, and when theyhave reached the end of their folding movement they are caused to remainat rest for-a moment, while pins 32 passing down through perforations47,force the wrapped package end and on top of base-plate 2, extends rear'arm 35 is provided with the down into a holder or receptacle, theconstruction of the devices being as follows: A

depressor-arm 35, hinged toward the front ward terminating over shoesand 21. l The arm is normally elevated by a spring 31 securedrto itsunder side and bearing upon the base-plate (Fig. 12). The rear end of,the pins 32, adapted topass through the perforations 47 of thelateralfolding-shoes.

A bracket 84 secured to the under side of arm passes through a slot inbase-plate 2 19) is'so arranged that when the and has a lateralextension provided with a cam-roller 33, (Figs. 18 a nd 19.) 'A camstrip.34, secured to the under 'side of one of the guide-shoes 58 of thereciprocating carriage in the path of roller 33 (Figs. 2, 18 andcarriage approaches the end of its backward stroke, the

cam-strip 34 engages roller 33, draws down arm 35, and the pins 32passing through perforations 47 press upon the top of the wrapped cakeand pu'shit downward into a receptacle 48, attached to the under side ofbase-plate 2 (Figs. 12, 15 and 20). This receptacle is a rectangular boxof such size as to receivethe wrapped cake snugly. On its right andleft-hand sides are hinged-holdin jaws 37 and 38 hinged to the front andbac of the receptacle at their lower ends, and having their free endsdrawn together by tension springs '49. When the wrapped cake isdepressed by pins 32, 1t presses apart the jaws 37 and 38 which springover and hold it firmly.--

The open bottom of receptacle 481s guard 'ed by'a transverse roller 44(Figs. 1, 19 and 20) mounted on a spring actuated arm 82 secured to atransverse shaft carrying an arm so that the two arms move in unison. A6 5 coil-spring 53 applied to this shaft acts to "Arms 82 and 50 byroller 44. a so that the extension 7 0, by means position illustrated bgate, 1s

.strike the lower edge of p yieldingly press the roller 44 against thelowermost of the wrapped cakes in receptacle 48. and their pivot shaftare mounted on a bracket 54, secured to the under side of base-plate 2.The-pile of cakes in the receptacle ainst the retaining jaws 37, 38,

al folds of the wrappers are is constantly pushed upward held firmly.bracket 80, securedto the right-hand side-bar of carriage 3, extendsdownward-and laterally under base-plate 2,

and has pivoted in its end a package-pusher gate 77, adapted to swingacross the axial line ofthe machine andpush an assemblage ofwrappedcakes from receptacle 48 into a horizontal chute 63 (Figs. 2, 18,19 and 20).

The pivot-shaft of gate 77 is so the. gate does not swing on th but isconstantly retarded by friction between the gate and its pivot-shaft, sothat it will remain in whatever position placed by actuating means; Thegate has a backward of which it is tripped made that e pivot-freely,

or opened. An adjustable tripping-pin 72,

is placed in arm 50. A stop-arm 71 is secured to bracket 80 and extendsdownward in the path of extension 70, so that when the gate is opened itis held in transverse opera tive position (Figs. 18, 19 and 20). Stoparm71 is provided with av stop-pin 78, for stopping gate 77 in the closedor inoperative A tripping-plate 79, for closing or folding the pivotedto the side of receptacle 48; adjacent-to gate 77 (Figs. 12 and 15).This plate is loosely pivoted so ity andfallinto the path latter ismoved forward.

It will be understood that if the gate is in the open position (Figs. 18and 19), as it movesbackward to carry a pack of cakes into chute 63, theupper ed e of the gate will late 79 and raise the plate, which willdrop' as soon as the gate has passed. When the gate returns on theforward stroke, it will strike the perpendicular edge of the plate, andbe closed pr folded back in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig.18, in which position being on a friction pivot, it will remain util itis opened again by means provided therefor.

As the wrapped cakes are pressed down through receptacle 48, they pressroller 44 and its arm 82 gradually downward, and arm 50 carryingtripping-point 7.2, is gradually raised. for instance, that when s xwrap ed cakes appear under receptacle 48 on ro ler 44, it engagesextension 70 of the gate on the forward stroke of the carriage andswings the gate open, so that on the backward stroke it en ages the sixcakes immediately above,thc rol er and pushes them into chute 63. It isobvious that as soon as the front end of the cakes pass beyond roller44, the roller springs of the gate as the dotted lines in Fig. 18.

as to drop by grav-- O I electro magnet 100, mounted on the. upperupward into contact in ury.

with the bottom cake left in the receptacle. The gate, on the re turnstroke, is closed by plate 79 as stated.

To prevent the gate in its backward movement from striking roller 44,should the gate be accidentally swung into the open position, a safetycam-piece 83, is laced on arm 82 in the ath of the gate, so that on itsbackward stro e it will ride over the cam-piece, depressing roller 44,and pass over it without The chute, or horizontal chamber 63 has notchesin its u per and lower walls (Fig. 18), Y

so'that the pac ges of cakes may be grasped between the fore-finger andthumb and removed. The chute isof such a length that should the operatorbe required to attend to other matters for a moment, the machine may bekept running and several packs accoiled tension-spring 105 is secured tothe on the forward stroke ofthe carriage.

keep it in the raised vide lower end of the.cord and to bed-plate 1 sothat it continually pulls downward on the knife. A cord 104 attachednear the free end of the knife, passes over a guide-pulley attached tobracket 107 and is secured to a post or bracket 85, on the ri ht-handside.

bar of carriage 3 (Fi 1 an 2). By this means the free end o the knife isdrawn lll p o }position a trigger or latch 101 provided wit a'sprin103,1s pivoted in a bracket 107, at 102.. $16 outer end of the triggerhas a suitable hookto engage thefree end of the knife and hold it whenit is slipped thereunder. The trigger is prowith backward extension 86,at one side of pivo 102, and onthe other side with an armature adaptedto be attracted by the end of bracket 107. By this means, as soon asanelectric circuit passes through magnet 100, trigger 101 is raised, andknife 67 is '55 .ofthe-krnfe thus arranged, provides for-the proper sevedrawn down by its spring. The quick action 0 of the web in transit,without interruption-o itsmotion.-

. I To prevent the electric-circuit being closed 6.

during he entire time-that the paper webs are at restafter "the contactpoints 59-and 60 being then'in contact I byreasonofspring61havingentered a-perforation 4 1n the label-web, a revolvingcontact 87, an a contact brush 88 areprovide'd at.

knifehas been, tripped,

the forward an of the machine. The contact 87 is mounted on thedriving-shaft and the yielding s ring brush 88 is insulated on theframe. y this means the circuit is closed during a small part of therevolution of the shaft, at such time as a'perforation 64 in thelabel-web is passingspring 61 and ana other perforation is passingshear-slot 66. When the contact-point of 87 is touching brush 88(Fig.2), the current may pass from a battery or other source of electricitythrough wire 89, to magnet 100, through wire 90 to brush 88', contact87, and through the machine to contact-point 60, the other contact.point 59 being. connectedwith the other pole of the battery. If theperforation in the label web has reached the position in which the ointat the free end of spring 61 may enter, t e circuit will be closedbetween points 59 and 60 (Fig.6) and the current may pass through wire91, (Fig. 2) and return to the battery. Trig er 10.1 will be attracted,and the knife will descendand sever the aper. As soon as thecontact-point 87 as passed out of engagement with brush 88, althoughpoints 59 and 60 may be in contact,

the circuit will be open at 87 88, and the magnet cannot be energized,so thatrtrigger 101 will drop into operative position ready to hold theknife when it is elevated by cord 104 during the forward stroke of thecarriage.

To insure operation of the knife, even though there be an accidentalabsence of a perforation in the label-web, or from other causes, whenthe circuit may not be properly closed between points 59 and 60 or beotherwise ineflicient, a safety mechanical-apparatus is provided so thattrigger 101 is actuated thereby immediately subsequent to the momentwhen the electric devices should act, (Figs. 9, 10 and 11). A bracket93, secured to the right-hand side of carriage3 is provided with alongitudinal hole in which is' mounted a shaft 92. Shaft 92 isbifurcated, and its free ends spread, so that they normally spring apartand produce friction against their bearing surface in bracket 93.' Atripping rod 94, carried by shaft 92 extends upward at right-anglesthereto, and is so arranged that it'-may have'a slight lateral motion,the friction of shaft 92 providing that it will remain inwhatevenposition-it may be'placed suitable actuating means.

A tripper-roller 95-. is mounted on the right-hand side of stem 94, at asuitable height, so that it may be brought into the path of. extension86 of trigger 101 and de- Bress the extension and, raise the triggen. r25 provided with a v 'When carriage-3 moresbackward, roller 96strikes theright-hand or outer wall of the cam.

9. In this position, it will be seen, cam-- roller 95 is in thepath ofextension 86, and Wlll depress 1t, but, on the backward stroke of thecarriage, roller 96 having been pre- Viously moved outward by the wallof the cam-groove, will be out ofthe path of eX-- tension 86. During thenormal action of the electric contact apparatus, trigger 101 is stillelevated and extension 86 depressed while roller 95 1s passlngit, sothat the safety apparatus does not operate except when required.

The trap-door 40, previously referred to (Figs. 7, 16, 18 and- 26) isoperated by a camp1ece 9 8, secured to the side of the rightand side-barof carriage 3. A shaft 109, is mounted in blocks on the under side ofthe trap-door, nearthe free end (Figs. 7 and 16),

and arm 111 extends downward from shaft 109 and terminates in an eye towhich is at-' medium of arm 11 1, trap-door 40 is normally held in theraised position shown in Fig. 7.

On the outer end of shaft 109 is mounted a cam-block 99, which iskept'normally in a vertlcal position, Fig; 26, its lower end restngagainst a stop-pin 110, but its upper end is adapted to swing backwardwhenever pressed in that direction by cam-piece 98. Block 991s ke tnormally in the upright pos1t1on by a coi ed torsion-spring mounted onshaft 109 (Fig. 16).

When the carriagemoves backward, the square end. of. cam-piece 98 willstrike the upper end of cam-block 99 andswing' it backward withoutaffecting the trap-door, but, on the forward movement the forwardinclined end of cam-piece 98 strikes the upper end of block 99, whichbeing unable to swing in the forward dlrectionon account of stop-pin110, must sl1de down the incline of piece 98, being thereby depresseduntil it reaches the rear end of the cam-piece, when it is at liberty tospring up. Cam-piece98 is arranged. at such a position on the carriagethat, when foot 18 brmgs a cake an'di's about to slide it upon trap-door40, the tra poor is depressed, so as to form a level surface for thecake to slide over, and, as soon as the rearedge. of' the cake haspassedthe front edgeof the trap:

door, it springs up behind the cake, so-as to prevent its backwardmotion, and elevates the severed ends of the wra pers (Fig. 7) asprevionsly described. It W1 1 be understood that trap-door 40 must notbe depressed on the backward stroke of the carriage because on thisstroke it is necessary for shoe 19 to slide back over the cake, andhence the cake must be held in position and not be permitted to bepushed back by the shoe. Therefore cam-block 99 is arranged to sw ng tothe inoperative position on the backward I motion of the carriage.

The successive folds of the wrappers and the finally assembled packageare shown in Figs. 22, 23, 24 and 25 respectively.

I claim as my invention:

1: Package wrapping apparatus adapted to wrap articles in labels cutfrom a continuous web, comprising the combination of electromagnetically controlled web severing devices adapted to automaticallysever the web at determined points between the labels, mechanicallyoperated means for actuating the web severin devices immediately afterthe time when t ey should be actuated by the electro magnetic devices,and means for wrapping articles in the labels.

' 2. acka wrapping apparatus, comprising the com ination of means forfeeding the article to be wrapped upon a web of wrapping material, meansfor folding the web upon the article and drawing them both for- WHJ'dWGb severin devices, electro magnetic means for setting them inoperation controlled by the web, and mechanically operated means adaptedto set said devices in operation immediately following the time whenthey should'be set in operation by the electro. magnetic devices.

3. Package wrapping apparatus ada ted to wrap articles in abels suppliedin the orm of a continuous web, com using the combination of web tensiondevlces consisting of a cross bar spring pressed upon the web, a guideway in which the bar is free to 'move. and a detent acting to preventback-draft of theweb, means for severing labels from the.

web and means for wrapping articles in the labels 4. Packa e wrappingapparatus, comprising the com ination of a ase plate, a recip- I rocatincarriage, a wrap er folding shoe'19 carried by the carriage, .a 'ngedplatform 40 mounted inan opening in the base plate and adapted toco-operate withthe folding shoe.

and means whereby on reciprocation of the carriage the platform israised and lowered as required.

5. Package wrapping apparatus, comprising the combination with meansforfolding the front .and rear ends of the wrapper upon cle and meansfor ivering the articles so partly wrapped over said receptacle,erforated side folders ada ted to then fo d the wrapper at the sides 0the.articles,' package depressing devices adapted to pass through suchperforations and force the package into the article to be wrapped, apackage receptaat impact andretaim'ng devices located at the mouth ofthe receptacle and serving tohold the package therein and retain thesaid T folds in'folded position.

. 6. Packa e wrapping applaratus, compris-.

ing the com ination'of mec anism for wrapping-articles or cakes inwrappers, a receptacle to which the completed packages are successivelydelivered as completed and in which they accumulate, a yielding bottomdepressed by the..accumulation of acka es, means for periodicallyremoving om 't e accumulation or stack of packages-a redetermined numberor group thereof an (an elongated ing the com inationof mec chute orpassage way to which such groups ofpacka es are successively delivered.r

7. Pac a e wrapping applaratus, comprisi anism for wraparticlesfor cakesin wrap ers, a recepta= j 016. to which the completed packages aresucgroups of packages are successively delivered. I l k In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name. I

JAMES HENRY BRADY. v Witnessesi DAVID A. KELLER,

WI LIAM CoLGAN.

